First it comes on quiet, creeping slow

Clever words and phrases only stain

I remain so lost and buried under everything that I need

When all I want is here



I've been here so very long and every word is calculating

Every question all debated

All these practice -- I could wreck it if I had to

But I'm the wreck so what would that do?



My masterpiece will fall apart

It was over before the start



If I burn out and slip away

This is just a part I portray

And this is just a part I portray

You're beautiful, can I hide in you a while?

This is just a part I portray

And this is just a part I portray



Making mostly to themselves

Don't make a sound in case they hear you

It only hurts me to be near you

Keep those tired eyes closed

Careful, follow my instruction

And I will show you self-destruction



This masterpiece is only mine

Entirely guilty by design



If I burn out and slip away

This is just a part I portray

And this is just a part I portray

You're beautiful, can I hide in you a while?

This is just a part I portray

Can I hide in you a while?



I just can't let it, let it out

No, I just can't let it out

I just can't let it, let it out

No, I just can't let it out

I just can't let it, let it out

No, I just can't let it out

I just can't let it, let it out

No, I just can't let it out



This is just a part I portray

You're beautiful, can I hide in you a while?

You're beautiful



If this is just a part I portray

If this is just a part I portray

I don't know how it got this way

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